Papurau Newydd Cymru
Chwiliwch 15 miliwn o erthyglau papurau newydd Cymru
3 erthygl ar y dudalen hon
Cuddio Rhestr Erthyglau
3 erthygl ar y dudalen hon
Notes of the Week.
Newyddion
Dyfynnu
Rhannu
Notes of the Week. Mile End Election.- The two political parties pretend to be highly pleased with the result of the Mile End bye-election—the one because it succeeded in retaining the seat when so many seats slip from its grasp, the other because it reduced the adverse majority from between eleven and twelve hundred to seventy-eight. For many reasons this election cannot be regarded as a proper test of the state of political feeling in London generally. In the matter of candidate the advantage was on the side of the Liberals undoubtedly. Their man was much better known in the constituency, he having represented it on the County Council for some years. On the other hand, the Conservative candidate had an election cry which must have gathered under his banner many who would probably have voted against him had he fought as a supporter of the general policy of the Government. The alien question is a burning one in the East End, and whilst no Progressive would desire to close the doors of Britain against the oppressed, it cannot be denied that many of them think their party ought to support some measure to keep the dregs of other nations from our shores. The insincerity comes in when the cry for excluding the aliens issues from the persons who have brought the dregs of China over to South Africa. The General Election.-In all political circles just now all the talk is about the time of the next General Election. Everybody seems to agree that the present Parliament is to come to an end during the present year. Many believe that it is the intention of the Government to dissolve early, not later than the end of March or the beginning of April. They are confirmed in that belief by the fact that Parliament is not to meet until the 14th of February, an unusually late date, and that as soon as the Address is voted, and the Aliens Bill introduced, the dis- solution will be announced. If so, we may feel pretty sure that the Government has decided to make the exclusion of the aliens its election cry. But if it thinks that a question which affects only a few constituencies in East London is going to draw the attention of the whole country from all its misdoings during five years, then it must be blind indeed. Whatever attempt may be made to hinder it, the country will at the next election declare its mind con- cerning Protection, Chinese Labour, and Sectarian Education supported by the rates. We do not pretend to foretell what the result will be, but we venture to say that it will be a pronouncement regarding these three questions. Welsh Education.—We understand that Mr. Lloyd-George, who has just returned from Italy, has called a meeting of the Welsh National Executive, which will be held just when we go to press. It is expected that the teachers will place before that meeting the result of their recent conference with the Bishops concerning calling a truce. There seems to be no doubt that the Bishops have agreed to a truce on certain terms. Whether those terms will be accepted by the National Executive is a different matter. The meeting, anyhow, is looked forward to with great anxiety, and with considerable hope. Wales is not just now in the mood for a bitter ecclesiastical war. The Revival has saturated the air with the spirit of love and good-will, and whilst it has made the great and unchangeable principles of spiritual religion more precious than ever, it has also shown the folly of wrangling about points that are only secondary at the best. And we may feel sure if the Executive does not agree to the terms of peace laid before it, that will be because they are inconsistent with fidelity to the highest tiuths of spiritual Christianity. Our Foreign Trade.—The Member for West Birmingham insists that every branch of our trade is going to rack and ruin, but the returns
Advertising
Hysbysebu
Dyfynnu
Rhannu
Cooper, Dennison & Walkden, Ltd., 7 & 9, ST. BRIDE STREET, LONDON, E.C. i | I,, III,, II- III, .,the C7ttM 1, *ill,' I I hotfe^jfiblelnk retains its Pei-,t fluidity I c, ki Imites, it writes rilliant ,a an intense an d la,tilg Black PRICES s. d. Imperial Quart = = 2 6 99 Pint = = = I 6 Gallon Bottles, Stone = =90 Half Gallon „ = = 5 0 No Charge on Bottles.
Nodiadau Golygyddol.
Newyddion
Dyfynnu
Rhannu
iaith y werin. Mae barnwyr Seisnig wedi ein henllibio fel cenedl o anudonwyr, a hynny am na fedrent siarad a'r rhai a ddeuai o'u blaen yn eu hiaith eu hunain, ac am eu bod yn dibynu ar gyfreithwyr oeddynt yn rhy ddiog a di-dalent i n zn ddysgu Cymraeg na Saesneg yn iawn. Ond ynglyn a'n sefydliadau addysgol yn arbenig yr ydym yn awr yn llefain Cymraeg i Gymru." Beiddiwn ddweyd fod rhai o'n sefydliadau pennaf wedi cael eu hanalluogi i wneyd y gwasanaeth a ddylasent ac a allasent wneyd i'n cenedl oblegid gosod estroniaid na fedrent air o'n hiaith i'w rheoli. Pe bai dyn wedi ennill pob gradd sydd bosibl ei hennill yn holl Brif-ysgolion Lloegr a'r Cyfandir, os heb ddysgu yr iaith Gymraeg, nid yw yn gymwys i ofalu am unrhyw goleg nac ysgol yng Nghymru. Oni all siarad a'r plant yn yr iaith a ddeallant nid yw yn ddichonadwy iddo wybod beth yw eu cyrhaeddiadau, ac heb wybod eu cyrhaeddiadau nis gall drefnu y cwrs o addysg priodol iddynt. Mae hanes addysg Cymru er y pasiwyd Deddf 1870 yn dangos yn berffaith eglur mai yn yr ysgolion hynny lie y ceir athrawon ac athraw- esau yn medru iaith y plant y gwneir y gwaith mwyaf effeithiol o lawer, serch nad yw yr athrawon a'r athrawesau hynny yn meddu tystysgrifau o radd mor uchel ag eraill bob amser. Ac wrth alw am wybodaeth o'r iaith Gymraeg fel cymhwysder hanfodol i lanw y cylchoedd hyn nid ydym yn cau allan bersonau o genedl arall. Ceir engreifftiau heddyw o Saeson wedi dysgu ein hiaith yn gwneyd gwaith arddeichog yng Nghymru. Ni raid ond enwi Mr. Thomas Darlington, Arolygwr Ysgolion. Ond yr oedd efe wedi dysgu Cymraeg cyn cael ei appwyntio. A gwnaem hynny yn rheol gy- ffredinol a di-droi-yn-ol. Mae yn hen bryd rhoi terfyn ar yr hen arfer blentynaidd o ofyn i es- troniaid a wnant ddysgu iaith y bobl os pennodir hwy i swydd. Addawant i gyd, ac ant ymaith dan wenu yn wawdus wrth feddwl mor hawdd yw twyilo yr hen Gymry druain ag addewidion teg. Nid oes un o bob ugain o honynt byth yn meddwl am gyflawni yr hyn a addawodd, ac ni fedd yr awdurdodau ddigon o asgwrn cefn i alw sylw at y diffyg. Os yw dyn yn meddwl am lanly cylch o bwys yng Nghymru dylai gym- hwyso ei hun ar gyfer hynny drwy feistroli yr iaith. Ond ein rheswm pennaf dros wneyd gwybod- aeth o'r Gymraeg yn hanfodol yw, oblegid ein bod o galon gyda'r mudiad i ddysgu yr iaith yn yr holl ysgolion a'r colegau yn ddieithriad, ac nis gall rhai nad ydynt yn ei medru eu hunain byth wneyd hynny. Llawenychwn a llawenydd mawr am fod y dyddiau pan y cospid plant yn yr ysgolion am siarad yr unig iaith a fedrent siarad wedi myned heibio—byth i ddychwelyd yn ol hyni a obeithiwn. Gwyddom drwy brofiad am y gwaradwydd o orfod sefyll ar ben y fainc am awr, a chap mawr o bapur llwyd am ein pen, a'r gair hyll Welsh" wedi ei ysgrifenu arno mewn llythrenau breision. Dyna ein pennyd am siarad iaith ein mam. Yr amcan oedd gwneyd Saeson o honom. Gorfodid ni i ddysgu llythrenau, a sillau, a geiriau yr iaith honno o lyfrau, ond ni wyddem ystyr un o gant o honynt. Dysgasom gannoedd, os nad miloedd o linellau o farddoniaeth ar ein cof cyn bod yn ddeuddeg oed, a medrem eu hadrodd heb gamgynghanu sill, ond ni feddem y ddirnadaeth leiaf beth oedd un frawddeg yn feddwl. Ca plant y dyddiau hyn well chware teg, a cha plant y dyddiau a ddaw fwy o chware teg eto. Mae cynllun Pwyllgor Addysg Sir Gaernarfon yn cael ei fabwysiadu yn lied gyffredinol eisoes, a bydd- raid i bob Pwyllgor a Chynghor ei fabwysiadu cyn hir. Gwelwn fod rhai o'r ysgolfeistri yn codi lief yn ei erbyn, am y bydd yn ormod o ychwanegiad at eu gwaith. Y mae yn hen bryd i'r dosbarth hwn, sydd yn rhy fynych yn bur drahaus, ddeall mai yr ysgolfeistri a wnaeth- pwyd er mwyn y plant, ac nid y plant er mwyn yr ysgolfeistri. Os nad ellir dysgu Cymraeg heb adael rhyw gangen arall heibio, gwneler hynny yn ddistwr. Y mae llawer pwnc eithaf difudd yn cael ei ddysgu yn yr ysgolion yn awr yn unig am ei bod yn arferiad i wneyd. Nid oes yr un cylch yn yr hwn y medd defod a Ilinyn coch fwy o awdurdod na'r cylch athrawol.